Formula manufacturers "donate $1 million annually to the American Academy
of Pediatrics in the form of a renewable grant that has already netted the
AAP $8 million. The formula industry also contributed at least $3 million
toward the building costs of the AAP headquarters." (Mothering magazine,
July-August, p.60; refers to a book Milk, Money and Madness by Naomi
Baumslag and Dia L. Michels (Westport, Conn.: Bergin and Garvey, 1995, p.
172))

According to a New York Times article, the Ross Products Unit of Abbott
Laboratories, the maker of Similac infant formula, purchased 300,000 copies
of the AAP's "New Mother's Guide to Breastfeeding" with Ross' logo and name
on them. In addition, "Ross, McNeil and Johnson & Johnson were the top
three corporate supporters of the academy's $65 million operating
budget...each giving $500,000 or more." (New York Times, 9/18/02, C1)